Rockford Register Star Biz Editor Leaves

Jack Burke, business editor of the Rockford Register Star in Illinois, is moving to a business-to-business communications firm in Waukesha, Wisc. His last day is Dec. 21. Burke’s replacement will be Deborah Austin, who has been a business staff writer for the paper. Burke is leaving after holding the business editor position for about a year after moving over from the paper’s metro desk. In October, the Register Star launched a weekly business-to-business magazine called BusinessRockford.com and downsized its daily business section to one page, although it kept its Sunday standalone section. Austin will oversee four business reporters once her replacement is named.